Alexander Shiryaev
An image from Buffon Dance, one of the productions that also features Alexander Shiryaev.
Alexander Shiryaev

Alexander Shiryaev

September 10, 1867 — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.

Buffon Dance

Buffon Dance

1906

Pierrot-artists

1906